Signs (Ad Edition)

As someone interested in design and usability, signs fascinate me. In the US, I often ignore them because I’m so used to seeing them. But when I travel. I find myself inexplicably drawn to all types of signage, from ads to street signs to store names. And so, with a brand new camera in tow, I take pictures, which I then share with you. These are all pictures from my summer trip to Europe.

So here are pictures of ads and storefronts. It is a long post, but hopefully it will be interesting.

Giant reindeer head museum. I can only imagine that inside the museum there are loads of reindeer heads.

Strawberry, raspberry, and mango popsicles. I WANT.

I have no clue what this is an ad for. Mika appears to not be a Finnish word, but it is a European pop singer. I don’t know what this means or why there is a question mark after it.

A moving ad in the tram in Helsinki. DOCTAGON. Yeah!

Red bull has mini trucks even in Finland.

Dude in a jacket, bow tie and crow bar. Woman in a dress and paint roller. Weird.

This struck me as sounding like Cook Pot. Which would be a funny name for a kitchen store.

I want to buy things from the brand Your Face.

TexMex is popular food in Finland. I guess so are girls with shot glasses and blonde hair.

Here’s a TexMex restaurant called Gringos Locos. The crazy white people restaurant.

Here is a art gallery with a show called Lorem ipsum. I thought it was a typo at first, then I saw the art. It’s a show about fonts and things like that.

Harry Potter in Finland. Kaikki Päättyy.

Dog parking at the local grocery store.

Why take the time to mix Jack and Coke when you can buy it combined together in a can?